Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg briefly addressed the grisly Cleveland murder that was broadcast on the social media platform over the weekend saying the company has a...
Social media giants, Facebook said it has started weeding out bogus accounts by watching for suspicious behavior such as repetitive posts or torrents of messages. The...
Despite ethical and safety concerns, researchers are getting closer to building life from scratch. In fact, scientists are hoping to synthesize a human genome in the...
Social media giants Facebook has launched a tool to help its users spot fake news online. The recently launched resource will spot false news and misleading...
Embattled Oculus co-founder, Palmer Luckey who helped kick-start the recent VR craze with a prototype headset built out of his parents’ garage has left social media...
Facebook’s product team—lead by Chris Cox, Chief Product Officer at Facebook— is in West Africa this week to hear how creatives, developers and entrepreneurs in the...
Chris Cox, Chief Product Officer at Facebook, is in Nigeria today, to speak at Social Media Week in Lagos about the future of media, and to...
Social media giants Facebook is planning to check nudity and violence of any form on its platform by introducing customisable filters. Facebook is giving users the...
“We’re focusing more on shorter form content to start” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday’s Q4 earnings call, where he was repeatedly questioned about Facebook’s...
Two days after a University lecturer identified as Professor Akindele Adetoye called out 2face Idibia for planning what is deemed the first nationwide protest against bad...
Social media giants, Facebook has introduced a new tool known as Privacy Basics which makes it easier for users to find tools for controlling their information...
Eccentric and equally controversial musician and social critic Charles Oputa popularly known as Charlyboy has for the first time spoken publicly about Biafra. Charlyboy in the...
Troubled former Miss Anambra, Chidinma Okeke who has been in the middle of a lesbian s*x tape scandal involving her, will appear in a Lagos court...
The fear of an imminent war due to President Yayeh Jammeh’s refusal to step down as the country’s president has led to a mass exodus of...
A Syrian refugee identified as Anas Modamani has sued Facebook for failing to take down false and incriminating posts on the social media site linking him...
Facebook has tapped Campbell Brown, a former television news anchor and a charter school advocate, to lead its news partnerships team. Brown will be charged with...
An Illinois law is proving a thorn in Facebook’s side as a class action lawsuit, alleging mishandling of biometric information, moves toward trial. The latest developments...
The launch of a brand new, faster and easier to use camera with art and special effects to help make your conversations better than ever has...
Social media giants, Facebook has partnered with the International Centre for Leadership Development Nigeria (ICLDNG) to launch free internet safety resources for teenagers, parents and educators...
42-year-old British-Algerian journalist, Mohamed Tamalt who has been in coma for more than three months after he embarked on a hunger strike in protest against his...
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel is seriously concerned and has expressed fears that so-called “social bots” – software programmed to sway opinion on social media sites, may...
An accident involving Facebook’s internet-serving drone is being investigated by U.S. aviation safety agency, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The incident was previously described as...
This question may just be one of the most complicated queries to make considering that women are a complex kind with equally complex desires. Even trying...
Facebook is facing renewed pressure over the “ethnic affinity” option within its ad-targeting tool courtesy of a lawsuit that claims the feature is racially biased. Ethnic...
Social media giants Facebook are currently under the scrutiny of German prosecutors who are investigating the Mark Zuckerberg led platform over hate speech accusations. The probe...
In its latest attempt to “innovate,” Facebook is once again “borrowing” from the much younger social media platform. This time facebook is testing out a new...
Facebook has launched a new tool that directs voters to information about candidates such as stances on issues, endorsements, recent Facebook posts and campaign websites. Within...
Social media giants Facebook has announced it will start allowing more “newsworthy” (nSFW) content on to its service even if those items break the rules. Facebook...
Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are cutting ties with a social media surveillance company after a report by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claimed it was...
Social media giants, Facebook has added Hausa, Fula, Maltese and Corsica languages to its offering bringing the total languages available on the platform to 100. Facebook...
Like Google, Facebook is constantly improving in the responsiveness and usability of its applications. The browser notification, the ‘On this Day’ app and the ‘Go Live’...
Social media giants Facebook has teamed up with the government of Israel to ban the accounts of Palestinian journalists in a move which is coming on...
A 44-year-old man, Eseosasere Gift Osifo, on Thursday appeared before an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court over alleged impersonation of the Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo...
Facebook is hiring an influential new exec for its Messenger platform in an effort to make more inroads into India, and the rest of the world....
Fierce looking actor Femi Branch is enraged by the fact that non-actors such as Yemi Alade, Basketmouth and Chidinma were introduced to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
The pair of social media giants Twitter and Facebook have both joined more than 30 other news outlets and tech firms – the New York Times,...
The fact that Rita Dominic is one of the most eligible spinsters in the movie industry christened Nollywood is no news; what is news is the...
By Farooq A. Kperogi… Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg sparked a raucous socio-linguistic debate in Nigeria after he disclosed in Lagos that Facebook’s platform now supports the...
Checks have shown that the recent visit of facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, may not have been a chance visit, as he has had relationship with a...
By Reuben AbatI… Mark Zuckerberg’s two-day visit to Nigeria has done a lot for the country; it is a pity no government official or agency has tried to...
Social media giant, Facebook is investing more resources into 360-degree video, a format that is gaining popularity on its platform as more users gain access to...
As you read this report, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is currently in Nigeria at the CoCreation Hub, Yaba, Lagos, to be precise. The young billionaire arrived...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the latest tech EXECUTIVE to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Following in the footsteps of Apple CEO Tim Cook,...
Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski, who took silver at the Rio Olympics, said that he auctioned off his medal this week to fund treatment for a...
A warrant has been issued by Jordanian authorities for the arrest of writer Nahed Hattar for sharing a cartoon on Facebook deemed deeply offensive to Muslims....
It used to be simple: You meet a guy, you date, and see you whether you want to keep him around. But online dating, Facebook, and...
After India’s decision to ban Facebook’s free but limited Internet service, Free Basics, the social media giant is testing a fast, low-cost commercial wi-fi service in...
Congolese Rhumba maestro Koffi Olomide has returned home to his family five days after he was arrested and sentenced to a year in prison without an...
Facebook has the same number of users now as there were people alive just a century ago, which is a pretty impressive number of users for...
Few days after he was deported from Kenya after he assaulted one of his female dancers at the JKIA Airport in Nairobi, Congolese Rumba maestro, Koffi...
